Well, I get about 45 / 50 MPG out of the TD usually (tuned and modded though mind), I can get more if I'm careful, but ya know, when you've got extra oooomph, you tend to use it...

If I drive the valver gently, or over a long run, I can achieve 42mpg, so there aint a massive difference, and sometimes I can get 99octane petrol for a bit less than Diesel so the difference in consumption can be evened out with the price difference...

Either way, both cars put a smile on my face, so I dont tend to worry too much about consumption. I only check every fill up so that I can tell pretty quickley if something is amiss with the engine..

Cheers
Chris G

Smokes lots, because enough's enough already!

Far too many BX's, a bus, an ambulance a few trucks, not enough time and never enough cash...

Mine used to stutter if I tried to accelerate too fast in town in 2nd/3rd. I'd try what I did: unscrew the black box off the side of the carb, spray all the linkages behind with carb cleaner, re-oil them all and lubricate the choke pull-down drive rod which is at the bottom left of the autochoke chamber. Grab the rod with needle-nose pliers and push it leftwards a couple of times - it should move freely and spring back when you let go. Since I did this simple thing, I've had no cutting out whatsoever under heavy acceleration and the car feels somewhat more powerful. I assume that the sticking drive rod was causing an over-rich mixture for normal operating temperatures.

This was recorded on the medium waveband at 522kHz during daylight (it doesn't work so well after dark due to higher levels of background noise). The first section is with the manual choke not operated to simulate a "no start" situation. You can hear the sparks as clicks at a rate of about 2 per second. The second part is with the choke operated so that the engine will start. When it starts the clicks occur at a rate of about 30 per second.

ellevie, thanks for that. The recording sounds really like a spark. I did not really notice it, but when I tried to listen the car started immediately so I may have missed that. Anyway I have learned something from an expert and I am sure it will be useful next time when the would not start.
Thank you

former BX 16 TGS Meteor Auto owner. No space or time to do own repairs. My BX is now owned by another member of this forum.

This was recorded on the medium waveband at 522kHz during daylight (it doesn't work so well after dark due to higher levels of background noise). The first section is with the manual choke not operated to simulate a "no start" situation. You can hear the sparks as clicks at a rate of about 2 per second. The second part is with the choke operated so that the engine will start. When it starts the clicks occur at a rate of about 30 per second.

That was great ... just like listening to Caroline in the late 80's lol ... very useful tip...

I must be going mad .......if anyone had told me that at 50 I'd be tuning in to a broadcast of a Citroen Ignition System...... both working and not working ( or is that the other way around?). Very well done though ellevie very ingenious.
Mike.